Construction runs on drawings. Before a contractor can bid on a building, someone on their team does a takeoff. They go through the plan set, the bundle of PDF drawings the architect and engineers issue for the project, and count and measure everything the contractor will supply and install: outlets, doors, sinks, linear feet of wall, square feet of flooring. Those quantities go into the estimate, the priced document that becomes the bid. If the bid wins, the same numbers come back in change…
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AI in Construction Estimating: What Is Real, What Is Still a Demo, and How Contractors Can Tell